Love, actually: How intimacy survives marriage and motherhood | Saman Shad

Love, actually: How intimacy survives marriage and motherhood | Saman Shad

The key isn’t chasing some impossible ideal of passion that never fades, but learning to appreciate love in all its evolving forms

The first thing a friend did when I told her the title of my book was laugh. “The Sex Lives of Married Women?” She asked. “You mean The No Sex Lives of Married Women.”

I laughed too. She wasn’t wrong – married people aren’t exactly known for their thriving sex lives. And I suspect the only couples reliably having sex must be the ones who have scheduled it into their Google calendars, probably in a shared folder alongside “Bunnings trip” and “remortgage review”.

Continue reading… The key isn’t chasing some impossible ideal of passion that never fades, but learning to appreciate love in all its evolving formsThe first thing a friend did when I told her the title of my book was laugh. “The Sex Lives of Married Women?” She asked. “You mean The No Sex Lives of Married Women.”I laughed too. She wasn’t wrong – married people aren’t exactly known for their thriving sex lives. And I suspect the only couples reliably having sex must be the ones who have scheduled it into their Google calendars, probably in a shared folder alongside “Bunnings trip” and “remortgage review”. Continue reading… Sex, Marriage, Relationships, Family, Parents and parenting, Life and style, Australian lifestyle 

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